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NS Calls Off Atlanta Rail Transfer Project Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The NS facility was to be located on the former Chattahoochee Brick Co. site, which was said to have relied on convict lease labor to produce millions of bricks between the late 1870s and early 1900s. Norfolk Southern (NS) has walked away from building a rail transfer facility in Atlanta, Ga., following community opposition and potential litigation. The Class I railroad’s decision follows the city of Atlanta’s filing Feb. 12 of a petition for preliminar...

Norfolk Southern terminates project on former Chattahoochee Brick Company site News provided by Share this article Share this article NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced it has terminated plans to build a rail transfer facility on the site of the former Chattahoochee Brick Company in Atlanta.  "We accepted from the beginning that we had a special responsibility to develop this site in a socially and environmentally responsible way, given the atrocities that once took place there," said James A. Squires, chairman, president an...